My cadlights 100g build

[steventaylor702]

Tank & stand:
Cadlights artisan II 100g tank w/ stand
Also has skimmer, sump and return pump

Other equipment:
2 hydra 26 lights
Aquaticlife light hanging tree
Cobalt aquatics neo-threm 100w heater gonna pick up a 2 150w ones later
2x 2 little fishes posban 150s gonna run one bio pellets and one gfo
Mesh net to stop the fish from carpet surfing

Rodi unit
BRS 6 stage unit with a aquatic life smart Buddie booster pump

Rock & sand:
100lbs real reef live rock
80lbs Fiji pink sand

 

[steventaylor702]

Got the tank leveled out

My new tank next to the old

The ro/di all set up

A pic with my old t5s on it

 

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The screen top I made so fish don't carpet surf

The tank after I scaped it

And after the sand cleared

 

[MRRBW]

Gonna look great! one question though - why the egg crate? You're not worried about trapping detritus at the bottom over time?

 

[Vmacisback]

I did that with eggcrate and sand and my sand turned hard as rock in some areas, i would advise against it fyi.

 

[steventaylor702]

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[steventaylor702]

I did that with eggcrate and sand and my sand turned hard as rock in some areas, i would advise against it fyi.

Gonna look great! one question though - why the egg crate? You're not worried about trapping detritus at the bottom over time?

I have used it with every other tank I have done with no problems at all it allows displacement of the rock weight on the glass and I plan on vacuuming my sand bed

 

[declanisadog]

The more I see these Cadlights tanks, the more i want one. Looking forward to seeing this progress

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

Love that cove scape great job!! How are you liking that booster pump? Any reason you chose that over the aquatec?

 

[steventaylor702]

The more I see these Cadlights tanks, the more i want one. Looking forward to seeing this progress

They are great tanks and very well built only complaint is they use mectric piping

Love that cove scape great job!! How are you liking that booster pump? Any reason you chose that over the aquatec?

The aquatic life pump has an auto flush system built in also a low and high pressure shut off to increase the booster pumps life and its all neatly packaged inside the case

 

[declanisadog]

They are great tanks and very well built only complaint is they use mectric piping

Ah, never thought aboot that...

 

[steventaylor702]

Ah, never thought aboot that...

Yes its a headache but the do make cuplers to switch it to American the only one the important to switch is the main drian because its the only one that's hard plumbed

 

[MRRBW]

I have used it with every other tank I have done with no problems at all it allows displacement of the rock weight on the glass and I plan on vacuuming my sand bed

Makes sense to spread the weight. Maybe I should consider that with my next build. What skimmer did they provide with the tank? I have their PLS-100, huge upgrade from what I had. Once dialed in it works great. Look forward to your updates!

 

[steventaylor702]

Makes sense to spread the weight. Maybe I should consider that with my next build. What skimmer did they provide with the tank? I have their PLS-100, huge upgrade from what I had. Once dialed in it works great. Look forward to your updates!

The pls150

 

[steventaylor702]

Makes sense to spread the weight. Maybe I should consider that with my next build. What skimmer did they provide with the tank? I have their PLS-100, huge upgrade from what I had. Once dialed in it works great. Look forward to your updates!

I just added the Dr.Tims one and only and the ammonia to start the cycle, I also changed up the rock a little bit because I wanted more areas for the acans and zoas to grow. I'll take pictures when I get home today of the rock and I also have to check the tank for ammonia if its already gone and into nitrite (under 1ppm) then I can add more ammonia and wait one more day and the cycle will be completed

 

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Here what the new scape looks like

 

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The stupid photo didn't want to rotate

 

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[steventaylor702]

Things I plan on buying/doing over the next months.

apex gold controller
3x apex dosing pumps
2x gyre or mp40 quite drive
Retro fit a 2-4 bulb t5 system to my leds
Trigger systems ruby elite sump
Tunze ato
Possibly buy one more hydra 26
Upgrade to a different skimmer

 

[steventaylor702]

Everything moved in to the new tank. Spent all night cutting every thing off the rocks and making sure no critter I don't want make it across to the new tank